“It wasn’t the prettiest outing that we’ve seen,” MacKenzie Gore told reporters in his post game scrum, after tossing 5 2⁄3 scoreless innings on the road in Houston last week, “but zeroes play.”
“Zeroes, no matter what they look like, they’re good,” Gore added at another point.
The 24-year-old lefty, who gave up four hits and three walks, but no runs, in the outing, said his mechanics were off in the relatively brief appearance.
“Just kind of one of those days where I wasn’t great, but went out there and got as many outs as I could,” he explained.